2025's best box sets and reissues
Thoughtful remastering, well-chosen outtakes and archival material can make familiar albums feel newly essential
No one can resist a good cheese ball
Let alone these two: a sweet version — swirled with fruit jam — and a savory, covered in bacon and Parmesan crisps
Trump's security doc endangers democracy
The president's retrograde National Security Strategy emphasizes profit and bluster at democracy's expense
Trump is sleepy. Americans are exhausted
The president's shock-and-awe strategy has left the American people tired, distracted and compliant
The Democrats are not serious people
The bombshell emails that have rocked MAGA were in Democrats’ possession for years. Why didn’t they use them?
Birthright citizenship turns on 4 words
When the justices weigh the arguments, they will focus on the meaning of the first sentence of the 14th Amendment
Trump's $12B fix for his farm crisis
The president floated a plan to help farmers struggling under his tariff regime
Erivo makes Golden Globes history
The nominations overall delivered major surprises — from big snubs to breakout recognitions
WH says Noem replacement is "fake news"
Grumbling inside the DHS has grown louder in recent weeks
Trump mortgages match his "fraud" claims
Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal"
Welcome to Derry sets racist evil ablaze
As the season nears its finale, the town's racist destruction burns brightly in vile and deadly acts, not slurs
MTG says Republicans secretly mock Trump
Republicans talk "differently" about Trump behind the scenes, Greene told "60 Minutes"
Somali Americans troll Trump and MAGA
Turning hate into humor is becoming a strategy of resistance
Phony peace prize for a fake president
Trump is an incompetent warmonger, and an elderly man in obvious decline. A made-up medal won't change that
AI is next frontier for extremists
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet
Trump goes after another female reporter
The CNN anchor responded after Trump posted churlish criticism about her reporting on the White House expansion
"F**king sucks": Lillard responds to QT
Hollywood has come to the defense of several actors who caught strays in a recent Tarantino rant
Redesigned Kennedy Center and medals
The 2025 Honors highlight sweeping institutional and aesthetic changes, including a new Tiffany-designed medal
America, we are not Spartacus
We chat with creator Steven S. DeKnight and star Nick Tarabay about the resurrection of Ashur, a heel turned hero
Hegseth roasted on "Saturday Night Live"
Colin Jost took on the role of defense secretary to answer questions about "Operation Kill Everybody"
Trump to expand non-Western travel ban
Rights groups say Trump's across-the-board freeze of entry permits punishes entire nationalities, not individuals
A love letter to Chicago's gravy bread
How one quiet, beige, perfect Chicago classic — gravy-soaked and unshowy — helped root me in the city
MAGA's dream: Make Europe white again
Trump's global "strategy" is grandiose, racist, and alarmingly dumb: Tyranny is cool, bro! But democracy sucks
Even Fox News hates Trump's economy
Trump tries to "hoax" his way past bad economic news, but his once-loyal boosters won't play along